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(No ModeL) W. F. ROCKWELL.

. PEN HOLDER. No. 302,780. Patented July 29,1884.

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ATENT rrrcno llmrn' WILLIAM F. ROCKWVELL, OF llllERIDEN, CONNECTICUT,ASSIGNOR TO MILLER BROS. CUTLER-Y COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

PEN-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 302,780, dated July 29,1884. Application filed d'uno 18, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.- and in length so as to reach nearly thepoint Be it known that I, \VILLIAM F. RooK- of the pen to be insertedinto theholder. The .WELL, of Meriden, in the county of N cw' twosprings a a are cut nearthetwo edges of the Haven and State ofConnecticut, have inblank. The blank is bent into tubular form. 50

- 5 vented anew Improvement in Pen-Holders; The tip of the extension isstruck to form and I do hereby declare the following, when a spoon-liketermination, I), and is bent to taken in connection with accompanyingdrawward the opposite side of the barrel, and so ings and the letters ofreference marked as to lie near the pen D, introduced into the thereon,to bea full, clear, and exact descripholder, as seen in Fig. 2. Themouth of the 5 tion of the same, and which said drawings spoon-like tipZ) opens toward the pen, and constitute part of this specification, andrep forms a chamber upon the inside of the pen, resent, inwhich willcontaina considerable quantity of Figure 1, a perspective View of theholder ink. complete; Fig. 2,avertical central scction,with In use thepen is introduced into the holder 60 the pen introduced; Fig. 3,atransverse section in the usual manner, and dipped in the ink, throughthe springs which secure the shank as usual, which will immerse the tipI), and so of the pen in the holder;Fig. 4, the blank that that tip orchamber will be filled with from which the'barrel or sleeve of theholder ink, and there be readily held for use. i In is formed, and withthe fountain portion exwriting, the pen yields and permits the ink to 65 2o tending therefrom as an integral part of it. flow from the fountainonto the pen.

This invention relates to an improvement A spoon-like fountain appliedto a-pen in that class of pen-holders in which a wood holder, and so asto extend onto thepen subor other suitable material staif is providedstantially as does the fountain in this invenwith a sheet-metal sleeveupon its lower end tion, is a common and well-known device, and toreceive a common steel or similar pen, the I make no claim, broadly, tosuch a fountain; object of the invention being to construct the but, asheretofore constructed, this fountain sleeve with an extension down ontothe in portion has been made separate and indeside of thepen,terminating in aspoon shape, pendent from the barrel or sleeve, andsecured and as an integral part of the sleeve; and in to the holder byinsertion into its end, or 0th such a holder, as more fully hereinafterdeerwise. The gist of my invention is in conscribed, my inventionconsists. structing the barrel of the holder and the A represents thesleeve or barrel of the fountain from one and the samepieoe of sheetholder, into which the staff B is introduced metal.

and held by frictional contact or otherwise I clain1- 5 5 within thebarrel. At the lower end the bar- The hereiirdeseribed improvement inpen rel is provided with means for engaging the holders, consisting ofthe sleeve A, cut from pen, (here represented as by a spring, a, cutsheet metal, bent into tubular form, and confrom the barrel, one endfree, and bent instructed to receive the shank of the pen, and ward, asseen in Figs. 1 and 3.) The blank for with an extension, 0, terminatingin a spoon- 85 40 the sleeve A is cut from sheet metal, as seen liketip, I), open toward the pen, and in one in Fig. 4, ,and in widthsubstantially equal to and the same piece with the sleeve, substanthecircumference of the barrel, and so that tially as described.

when bent into tubular form the two edges will \V. F. ROCIUVELL.substantially come together, as seen in Figs. Witnesses: 5 1 and 3.Midway between the two sides is A. H. MILLER,

an extension, 0, running gradually to a point, CEO. STEVENs.

